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IX. LIBRARY 
23. The accommodation of the library remained unchanged, the books 
being stored in two separate rooms neither of which was designed for this 
function, and both badly needed for their intended purposes. One is an office 
room; the other is an extension of the herbarium in which the spirit collection 
of plants should be stored. The lack of proper library accommodation is most 
unsatisfactory as it impedes the proper functioning of the library and holds 
up other work. 
24. Library accessions included 19 books purchased, 25 periodicals on 
subscription, 154 copies of reprints and 268 periodicals received on reciprocal 
exchange from 199 institutions. This large intake of material also adds to 
the embarrassment of improper and inadequate library accommodation. 
X. CONFERENCES 
25. Mr. H. M. Burkill, Director, attended the XV International Horti¬ 
cultural Congress held in Nice, France, from the 11th to 18th April as Singa¬ 
pore Government delegate while proceeding to Europe on overseas leave. 
Mr. Lam Hin Cheng, Horticultural Assistant, who was at that time on a 
training award in the United Kingdom, also attended the Congress. 
26. The Third International Seaweed Symposium was held at Galway 
Eire, from 13th to 19th August and was attended by Mr. Burkill during his 
overseas leave. 
J?- University of Malaya staged a Centenary Conference from 2nd 
to 10th December to mark the 100th anniversary of the work of Wallace 
much of which was actually done in Malaya, and the 200th anniversary of 
the publication of Linnaeus’s Systema Natures. Mr. H. M Burkill Director 
and Mr. J. Sinclair, Keeper of the Herbarium, attended the conference 
XI. PLANT PROTECTION SERVICE AND AGRICULTURAL 
PESTS SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE 
28. As reported in the last Annual Report, the regional scheme was 
abandoned in view of the decision of the Borneo territories not to come into 
such an arrangement The alternative Pan-Malayan scheme could not be 
implemented as a result of the decision of the Federation of Malaya Govern¬ 
ment to organise an entirely independent service in 1958. Plant introduction 
arrangements for Singapore thus remain as here-to-fore. 
29. Mr Burkill, Director, was a member of the Agricultural Pests 
Supervisory Committee during the year, and was Chairman Ist-lOth January. 
XII. IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMISSION 
CEMETERY, KRANJI 
30 The Botanic Gardens continued to supervise the horticultural work 
of the Cemetery under instructions from the Imperial War Graves Com¬ 
mission Regional Headquarters in New Delhi. Funds for personnel and 
materials for this work were provided by the Commission in whose reports 
fuller detail may be found. 
?}' The num ^ er v i s > tor s to the Cemetery has been estimated at about 
10,600 during the year. 
